Chocolate Coffee Bundt Cake

I love using my bundt cake pan and with all those attractive bundt pans in the market who can blame me? The trick baking with bundt pan lies in the technique of greasing and flouring every nook of the pan well and make sure you dust off the extra flour after flouring your pan. This is very important tips for a perfectly non-stick cake when you transfering to a cooling rack. Ok..ok...thats for the pan. Let's talk about the cake.

Chocolate Coffee Bundt cake as the name describe, this cake contains chocolate and coffee (the perfect combo in the world). This is a kind of heavy and super moist cake with strong flavor of coffee and chocolate. The chocolate-coffee glaze is perfect in cutting down the sweetness in this cake recepi. A slice of this heavenly rich and dense cake is guarantee to satisfy your perfect chocolate and coffee cake craving anytime.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup Dutch cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups granulated white sugar
1 1/4 cups brewed coffee
1 tbsp baking powder
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 cup + 2 tbsp canola oil
1 egg yolk
1 tsp salt


For Chocolate Coffee Ganache

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup brewed coffee
2 tbsp cream cheese
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk chocolate chip,for sprinkling(optional)

Methods

Preheat oven at 350-'F or 180'C. Grease a 9 inch bundt pan with butter and dust with flour. Remove excess flour and keep aside.

In a large bowl, sift together flour,salt and baking powder. Keep aside.

In a saucepan, boil brewed coffee and cocoa powder. Whisk constantly to avoid the cocoa powder from forming lumps. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.

Using a hand/stand mixer, over a medium speed beat together eggs,egg yolk, sugar and canola oil for about 1 minute.

Add the buttermilk and vanilla extract.and beat for another 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and gradually, add the flour mixture. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 more minutes. Add the cooled coffee mixture and continue to beat for another 2-3 minutes.

Pour the batter into prepared bundt cake pan and bake on a middle rack of the oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool the cake in the pan to room temperature. Transfer the cake to a cooling rack.

Methods for Chocolate Coffee Ganache

Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Add the brewed coffee,vanilla extract,cream cheese and confectioners sugar.

Once the sugar completely dissolve, remove from heat. Cool the ganache to room temperature

Drizzle the cake with the chocolate coffee ganache and sprinkle with chocolate chips

Slice and serve.